Alexa Chung hits back at criticism about her weight

The image of Alexa Chung and her mother, which she posted on Instagram

As a prolific user of Twitter and Instagram, there was nothing out of the ordinary about Alexa Chung uploading a photo of her and her mother to the social networking site to share with her 776,000 or so followers.

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But the image (above) which shows the style maven sporting a short denim minidress, was greeted with a barrage of negative comments that branded Chung's frame, in particular her legs, 'alarming' and 'unhealthy'.

The 28-year-old TV presenter and model has always insisted that she is naturally slender, recently saying: "I'm naturally thin - I get thinner when I'm stressed."

Chung responded to the comments - an example of which reads: 'I'm going to be very honest. I look at this picture and think "This is a woman not eating." Thus, I worry for women everywhere' - by writing "Hi, I am here. I can read."

As the comments continued, she added: "Ok everyone thanks for the teen angst discussions. People are different sizes. I'm not trying to be thinspo for anyone".

'Thinspo' describes 'thinspiration', the name given to imagery and ideals around extreme ideals of thinness which are strongly used on pro anorexia-websites and blogs.

Chung then decided to remove the image, signing off with: "'I am now making this acct private. Byyyyyeeee".

She recently told
OK!
how she is frustrated by trying to convince people that she does not have an eating disorder.

She said: "It angers me because I don't want to be a pin-up for young girls just for being thin. I don't want to be admired for being thin, as opposed for being dressed well, and I don't want the two to get confused."

She added how she stopped using Twitter for a while"because I got so much s**t about being anorexic. And I'm not."